Hamlet, Part 7: Plot and Character

Question 1

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Ophelia:Larded with 'sweet flower;Which bewept to the grave did goWith true-love showers.Claudius: How do you, pretty lady?Ophelia: Well, God 'ild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be. God be at your table!

Revolt · Accepted Answer

She has lost her ability to think logically.

Question 2

In Act IV of Hamlet, why does Shakespeare include the plot event in which Horatio reads and reacts to Hamlet’s letter about an encounter with pirates?

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to establish Horatio’s steadfast loyalty to Hamlet

Question 3

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot events undermine Queen Gertrude’s confidence?

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Hamlet’s and Laertes’s accusations

Question 4

Which words describe Ophelia in the excerpt? Select 3 options.

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muddled; illogical; melancholy

Question 5

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Gentleman: She speaks much of her father; says she hears There's tricks i' the world; and hems, and beats her heart; Spurns enviously at straws; speaks things in doubt, That carry but half sense: her speech is nothing . . .Horatio: 'Twere good she were spoken with, for she may strew Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds.Gertrude: Let her come in. [Exit Gentleman.] To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is, Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss: So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by suggesting that Ophelia’s madness is a sign of greater troubles

Question 6

best

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He becomes less concerned with correct behavior.

Question 7

Read the excerpts from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.Which statement best describes Gertrude’s development between Act I and Act IV?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

She becomes less confident in her assertions.

Question 8

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot event causes Ophelia’s mental decline?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Polonius’s violent death

Question 9

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: Follow her close; give her good watch, I pray you. [Exit HORATIO.] O! this is the poison of deep grief; it springs All from her father's death. O Gertrude, Gertrude! When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions. First, her father slain; Next, your son gone; but he most violent author Of his own just remove: the people muddied, Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers, For good Polonius’ death; and we have done but greenly, In hugger-mugger to inter him: poor Ophelia Divided from herself and her fair judgment, Without the which we are pictures, or mere beasts

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Claudius exhibits sensitivity toward Ophelia and regret for his actions.

Question 10

Which words best describe Gertrude in Act IV of Hamlet?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

nervous, defensive

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